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  The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet           

  It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

  

  NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

   While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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  • A Fish Story

    This documentary follows the plight of 2 commercial fishing families as they cope with falling fish stocks and increasing government regulation. This is a foundational expose Read More »

  • Problems surface at Fulton Fish Market

    Late last month in the Bronx, one of the city’s oldest and largest seafood wholesalers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The problems of M. Slavin Read More »
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    Our surf clam fishery is headed for disaster

    When it comes to fishery management controversy never seems to be too far away. Last month you may have read about the dubious nature of a Read More »

  • Fishermen advised of dangers of flesh-eating bacteria

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), V. vulnificus can cause an infection of the skin when open wounds are exposed to warm Read More »
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    Stunned Still: Offshore Wind Farm Power Cables Leave Crabs Mesmerized & Motionless

    Seabirds, whales and dolphins aren’t offshore wind’s only victims – crabs are being mesmerized by the electromagnetic fields produced by the power cables that connect turbines Read More »
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    Dumfries and Galloway trawler boss who told crew to keep fishing after colleague injured fined £13,500

    A callous trawler boss who told a crew to keep fishing instead of seeking medical help for an injured colleague has been fined £13,500. Thomas Nicholson Read More »

  • Canada’s biggest lobster fishery on notice after Right Whale entanglement in Nova Scotia gear

    The entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale in Canadian lobster gear earlier this year will increase scrutiny this season on the lucrative southwestern Nova Scotia Read More »
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    Huge demand pushes record lobster prices - “The price is probably the highest it’s ever been”

    Local lobster retailers were selling large lobsters at $9.99 a pound during the first week of November in 2018, 2019 and 2020. This year, the price Read More »

  • Sea mammals find US safe harbor – “We have seen remarkable recoveries” “There isn’t enough research,”

    n 1972, a U.S. Senate committee reported, “Many of the great whales which once populated the oceans have now dwindled to the edge of extinction,” due Read More »

  • Alaska Legislators reject Board of Fisheries confirmation

    adn.com JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Legislature has rejected another term for Board of Fisheries member. Vince Webster had served on the board since 2007. In Read More »
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    Brixham is celebrating after being named Port of the Year

    The prestigious award has capped off a remarkable year at the port despite the pandemic and the challenges of Brexit. In 2021, £43.6million worth of fish Read More »

  • Massachusetts: More cuts for commercial striper fishermen

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  • A Pathetic Joke Reaffirm’s that some Politicians are Clueless

    So. I’m sitting here listening to the Webinar/phone meeting that has just ended, approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes early! Can’t even imagine holding a webinar Read More »

  • Redistribution of Quota has P.E.I. halibut fishermen disappointed with lowered catch

    P.E.I. fishermen will have less halibut to catch this year after a last-minute decision by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to redistribute the quota. The decision means Read More »

  • Clogged Oregon Inlet keeps charter boats docked

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    ODFW releases first-of-its-kind crab fishery plan

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    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. – We are Direct to Read More »

  • North Atlantic right whales recovery hurt by entanglements, scientists say

    The ability of an endangered whale species to recover is jeopardized by increasing rates of entanglement in fishing gear and a resultant drop in birth rates, Read More »
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    Army Corps dredging Moriches Inlet to remove heavy sand buildup

    Four storms last winter created a buildup of 300,000 cubic yards of sand, clogging the inlet, which feeds Moriches Bay and sits between Smith Point County Read More »
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    Water release finds little support in Fukushima

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  • North Carolina: Local shrimpers still competing with the flood of imported shrimp

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  • A Grey Day – Joel Woods

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  • 3 fishermen in Miramichi Bay hoisted to safety by Cormorant

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    Criticism of federal handouts

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  • Law enforcement to review complaint of lobster cruelty against Bean’s Rockland processing plant

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